Heat Transfer: The movement of energy from a warm object to a cooler object. Radiation: The transfer of energy through empty space. Conduction: Heat transfer by direct contact of particles of matter. Convection: Heat transfer by the movement of a heated fluid. Density: Measure of how much mass there is in a volume of a substance. Convection Current: A flow that transfers heat within a fluid.
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1.2 Convection Currents and the Mantle
Vocabulary
Heat Transfer: The movement of energy from a warm object to a cooler object.
Radiation: The transfer of energy through empty space.
Conduction: Heat transfer by direct contact of particles of matter.
Convection: Heat transfer by the movement of a heated fluid.
Density: Measure of how much mass there is in a volume of a substance.
Convection Current: A flow that transfers heat within a fluid.
Outline
Radiation
Conduction
Convection